- November 24th, 2024
Bangladesh's 12th parliamentary election on January 7, 2024, saw Prime Minister Sheik Hasina win her fourth election, with her Awami League securing 223 out of 300 parliamentary seats, or nearly 75% of the legislature's voting shares. This victory is possible...
The US Marine Corps (USMC) is set to deploy its advanced Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) to the Pacific in March to fill a looming amphibious warfare ship shortage amid rising tensions with China over Taiwan. The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit...
A drone attack in Jordan killed three American troops and injured at least 34 more, raising concerns about a wider Middle East conflict and the possibility of the US being further involved. President Joe Biden blamed Iran-backed militias for the...
Three years after Myanmar's democratically elected government was ousted by a military coup in February 2021, a brutal civil war has left the country devastated. A United Nations report in December stated that the country is on the brink of...
China's liquidation order for Evergrande Group from a Hong Kong court is not a "Lehman moment" but rather a move that catalyzes Beijing to address its property crisis. The People's Bank of China has lowered the reserve requirement ratio (RRR)...
In November 2019, Bangladesh Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal admitted that money-laundering had become a dangerous proposition in the country, creating macroeconomic distortion and destroying the country in various ways. Five years later, Kamal's party Awami League is back in...
The Watson Institute of Public Affairs at Brown University reported that since September 11, 2001, 7,057 US military personnel have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan alone. Civilian contractor deaths reached 8,000, with 30,177 US service members committing suicide after...
Kenneth Eugene Smith, convicted in 1989 for murdering Elizabeth Sennett, was executed in Alabama using nitrogen hypoxia. The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released its final report into the deaths of six poultry plant workers in December...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III emphasized the US's commitment to ensuring NATO's enduring strength during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon. Austin stated that NATO remains unwavering two years into Russia's invasion of...
A deadly drone attack on an American outpost in Jordan failed to stop due to confusion about whether the drone was from a friend or foe. The attack killed three troops and wounded another 34. The drone was one of...
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